Blood-based colorectal cancer screening: are we ready for the next frontier?

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol

Dr Henry D Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY 10029, USA.

Published: October 2023

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